Best way to win in a local election?

Answer 1

Local elections are an awesome experience and are easily winnable with a little leg work and innovation.

First you need name recognition. The best way to get name recognition is to meet with your voting demographic in your area. Do some research and find out who votes. More than likely you will find that the seniors in your community are very active voters. Schedule time to speak with the League of Women Voters from your area. If they like you, they will help to catipult your campaign. Other community groups to meet with include the Chamber of Commerce and Homeowner's Associations. Be selective in who you speak too and meet with. In local elections it is important to make sure that you are not to strongly associated with a political party, or a specific organization.

Second you need an endorsement from a peer who is holding office. If you are running for school board, get someone on the school board to endorse your campaign. In this case you would also want to be endorsed by the city council member from your district and a county supervisor, as well as the organizations like the ones listed above.

Third, you need to do some fundraising. Fundraising not only helps you to generate some much needed cash, but it can also help you with name recognition.

Be sure to let all of your friends, neighbors, and any organization you are a member of know that you are running for office.

Establish a platform. The best way to do this is to write up what you believe your platform should be, then conduct focus groups to make sure that you are on target. You may have what you think is a winning platform, but if the voter doesn't buy, it won't do you any good. Most politicians who lose elections, lose here.

Pound the pavement. There is nothing better than waling precincts to win an election. The more palm pressing you do, and the more you interact with the voters, the more you increase your chances of winning. I have seen entire elections turn around through walking precincts. It is not good enough to hit a house once. You need to hit it several times in order to win that house.

Finally, hire a good campaign manager, paid or otherwise. You need someone that can run the campaign for you, especially the finances. It should be someone with great integrity, whom you trust. Let this person make all of the "business" related decisions regarding the campaign so you can focus on the "interpersonal" part. Make sure your campaign manager is familiar with election and campaign finance law.

Answer 2

I have worked in political campaigns as a volunteer. It has been found that people respond more favorably to person to person meetings than phone or mail solicitation. Even if another person does the door to door for you, this outshines a flyer in the mail or a sign in the yard. (Signs in the yard get the least bang for the buck, by the way)

So, map out your precinct (area) and go door to door on the weekends. Try to speak face to face to 50 people on a Saturday and 50 more on a Sunday. Ask them if they are a registered voter. Ask them if they are likely to vote. And then remind them of the upcoming election. Tell them what you are running for and that you would appreciate their vote. If they say they are not registered or not likely to vote, don't take much more time with them. Urge the non-registered to get registered and move on quickly to the next house. Hand all a piece of quick read literature or leave it tucked under the door mat or under a windshield wiper if no one is home. It's tough work, but it DOES work.

Answer 3

Do like Bush have your family buy it. The best way to win A local election is get your name out there. When people are in the voting booth they are trying to hurry, they often don't know the issues, or even who is running.Eight out of ten times they are going to vote for the name that is familiar.When I vote especially if it is for A judge or something I don't know anything about I vote for the guy I have heard of before. People go with what they know.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

Appeal to people you know. Get them to spread the word that you're running and get them to vote for you. Also, try visiting some local high schools or town functions and get your name out there.

Answer 6

Bribe the electorate with a lot of unrealistic, far fetched promises and job and contract promises to the local political elite.